Province facing “an unprecedented fiscal challenge”: finance minister
MPs call for investigation
Source: The Canadian PressSeptember’s average weekly earnings among non-farm payroll employees were up 4.3% from a year earlier, to $864.13.Statistics Canada reports it was the second straight month with year-over-year growth over 4%.The agency attributed some of the growth to a 0.9% increase in the number of hours worked per week.It says the remainder of […]
Arrest of New Jersey man is first strike in U.S. insider trading probe
Palmer ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution
Federal government will move ahead with plans to reduce taxes for small and medium-sized businesses next year
Tax assessments turned out to be much lower than projected in 2009
Weaker economic growth in the second half of 2010 will dampen profitability in 2011
Source: The Canadian PressThe Prince Edward Island government says its deficit in 2009-10 was nearly $11 million lower than projected.Finance Minister Wes Sheridan gave an update on the province’s finances Friday in the legislature.The government says the estimated deficit for the last fiscal year was budgeted at more than $85 million, but ended up at […]
Finance minister begins budget consultation process